Jami-Lee Ross
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Jami-Lee Ross MP |
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| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Botany |
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Assumed office 5 March 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Pansy Wong |
| Majority | 3,996 |
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10 December 1985 New Zealand |
| Political party | National |
| Spouse(s) | Lucy Schwaner |
Jami-Lee Matenga Ross MP (born 10 December 1985) is a New Zealand National Party Member of Parliament for Botany, having won the 2011 Botany by-election on 5 March.
Ross was brought up by his grandmother as his mother was "not in the best space to raise a child", and he has never met his father who descends from the Māori iwi of Ngāti Porou. He attended Dilworth School, a boarding school for pupils from difficult backgrounds, then Pakuranga College, but left without formal qualifications. He holds a commercial pilot's licence from April 2012, having trained at Ardmore Flying School. He has also studied towards a politics and economics degree at the University of Auckland.
His wife, Lucy Schwaner, was a member of the Howick Local Board. Schwaner was reelected to the Howick Local Board in 2016, but when she failed to be chosen as chairperson after being sworn-in she quit, triggering a $104,000 by-election.
Ross was elected to the Manukau City Council in 2004 aged 18 and worked as an electorate secretary in Pakuranga for Maurice Williamson. He has been a member of the National Party since 2003.
In 2010, he ran in the Auckland local elections for a place on the new Auckland Council, winning a seat in the Howick ward. He was subsequently elected co-leader of the Citizens & Ratepayers ticket, who form the opposition on the council. He resigned from the Council on 7 March 2011, after winning election to parliament.
On 27 January 2011, the National Party selected Ross as their candidate for the Botany by-election, which was held following the resignation of Pansy Wong. On 5 March 2011, he won the by-election with 54.66% of the vote and a majority of 3,996. Upon his swearing into Parliament Ross became the youngest Member of Parliament, taking the title of Baby of the House from Gareth Hughes, a Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand List MP.
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